People in Hungary are today voting in a referendum on accepting mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants.
Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes plans to relocate a total of 160,000 migrants across the EU.
Voters are being asked: "Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary even without the approval of the National Assembly?"
Márton Gyöngyösi, MP of Jobbik and vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee of the Hungarian National Assembly, has predicted the answer will be an “overwhelming”... read more

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